Ultrafast and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory

      Positions held: 

• Professor (January 2018-Present)

• Associate Professor (November 2013- January 2018)

• Assistant Professor (December 2008 - November 2013)

       Department of Chemistry

       Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal       

       

       Awards and Recognitions: ​

• Fellow, Royal society of Chemistry, FRSC

• Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, FNASc

• Senior Editor, Chemical Physics Impact, Elsevier

• Bronze medal from the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), 2021

• Young scientist award from the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), 2018

• INSA Medal for Young Scientists, Indian National  Science Academy, New Delhi, 2012 

                         

       Administrative Responsibilities:

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• Professor In-Charge, Administration (2021 - till date)

• Deputy Director, IISER Bhopal (2018 - 2021)

• Dean, Academic Affairs (2015 - 2016)

• Chairperson, Joint Admissions Committee (JAC) for admissions to IISERs, 2014

• Co-ordinator, Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal (2009 - 2011)     

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       Member:

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• Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)

• Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences (ISRAPS)

• American Chemical Society (ACS)

• Core and founding member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS)

                         

       Courses taken:

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• CHM 421/623: Theory of Modern Physical Methods

• CHM 626: Physical Photochemistry

• CHM 627: Lasers in Chemistry and Biology

• CHM 625: Bio-Physical Chemistry

• CHM 629: Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy 

• CHM 324: Physical Property of Matter

• CHM 222: Classical Thermodynamics

 

      Education:       

       

• Post-Doctoral Fellow: Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling  Green  State University, Ohio, US(2006-2008 Supervisor:       Professor  H. Peter Lu 

• PhD  (Chemistry):   Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India 2006

       Supervisor:       Professor Kankan Bhattacharyya        

• M.Sc. (Chemistry):  Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India 2001              

• B.Sc. (Chemistry):    Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India 1999                                                                                                                                                                                 

       Research Collaborators:

   

• Prof. Vishal Rai, IISER Bhopal, India

• Dr. Madhumita Mukherjee, IISER Bhopal, India

• Dr. Sunando Datta, IISER Bhopal, India

• Prof. Manmohan Kapur, IISER Bhopal, India   

• Prof. Aasheesh Srivastava, IISER Bhopal, India 

• Prof. Sandeep Verma, IIT Kanpur, India

• Dr. Chandan Sahi, IISER Bhopal, India

                                                   

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